CELEBRATION!
Join Rev. Beth Banks and Rev. Morgan McLean for a brief outdoor multi-generational worship, including the Sparks Choir, and a message for all. Worship will be followed by making ornaments and our traditional tree trimming. We’ll be decorating a larger space than we’ve done in past … read more.
In-Person Arrival Time: 10:15–10:30am
Come together on the UUCD grounds for an outdoor Celebration of Remembrance and worship enjoying the beauty of the brilliant pistache trees.* We’ll create an altar. Bring a memento or photo to represent someone from your life who … read more.
This annual service honors those in our congregation who have died in the past year.
We dedicate their names in our Memorial Grove and celebrate the ways they were connected to our community. We will gather on the Patio for this service.
To join us remotely, … read more.
Rev. Morgan McLean;
Kate Logvy, Religious Exploration Coordinator;
Lu Higgs, Acting Music Director; Worship Team
In-person participants will walk through stations, masked and distanced. You may come anytime between 10:30-11:30am. Juuliebells and Sparks Choir will offer special music.
Bring your pets, or their representation, to receive a … read more.
Online Worship Link
For the past 18 months, Rev. McLean has been involved in an international project reimagining international UU relationships. The work of unlearning our American expectations and learning anew to center emerging voices has invited a new depth of connection and mutuality.
September 12, 10:30-11:30am, at UUCD
Rev. Morgan McLean;
Kate Logvy, Religious Exploration Coordinator;
Lu Higgs, Acting Music Director;
Worship Team
This worship service will be in-person and on Zoom at the same time. This will be a first for us to try! All are invited to have a … read more.
Online Worship Link
Rev. Leah Ongiri
Rev. Morgan McLean; Cliff Ohmart, Worship Associate
In Judaism, Rosh Hashana offers an annual reminder to ‘fess up to our mistakes. But actually apologizing can make us very vulnerable. What is so important about the act of saying … read more.
Susan Steinbach, Worship Associate
Gretchen Muller, Carlena Wike, and Dan Braunstein will each share a piece of learning, insight, and gratitude. Being in community means sharing our lives with many people throughout the years.
Susan Steinbach, Worship Associate
20th century UU theologian James Luther Adams named the Five Smooth Stones of liberal religion, which defined the shaping of our religious thought and personal exploration. Nancy Bowen later reframed these as “jagged rocks” in recognition that our faith, … read more.
In the church community, we recognize the moments of change in our lives with rituals. In the Unitarian Universalist tradition one of these rituals is Coming of Age, when 9th graders affirm their “Credo” or “I believe” statement after a special time … read more.
